The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-10


Mr. j. w. Bright and wife of South Royal
ton have been visiting here for a few days.
- The prayer-meeting in district No.
Is school-house will be held this (Wednes-
day. evening. - Herbert Smith has
moved to Hollis, n. II. Mr.. j. S.
Gay and wife have gone to Cavendish.
- Mrs. o. A. Gay is to move to West
Randolph - Mrs. George Wight has
moved into the house lately purchased by
her. Charles Gay and Fred futile occupy
the one lately vacated by her. - James
"A. Whitney spent Sunday with his family.
- Miss e. Marston of Georgiavlle,
r. l., Is visiting here. - Some heavy
oats are being harvested.
West FairIee
THERE was a frost here Sunday night. The
heated term has taxed the endurance of
every one to the utmost limit and all are
glad OF the change in temperature. -
Mrs. Taylor and r. George are both very
sick. Mrs. Comstock is improving again.
- Mr.. Hyde, who is staying here, has
bought up some very fine horses. He has
eight, we are told. - f. p. johnson and
family made flying visit here recently
from Montpelier. Their old friends were
glad to see them looking so well. - Mrs
Newcomb of Montpelier is staying here;
also Miss McLane and VIII Creea and
family, all former residents.
Williamstown.
rived here last week, is to have charge of
the schools in Pullman, ILL.,, the coming
year. He must be filling the place with
much credit to himself to retain it so long,
and with increasing salary. - One in
terested in the work of common schools
could hardly fail to be interested in the cir
culars recently issued by our ex-townsman,
George b. Harrington, superintendent of
the schools of Bureau county, Illinois.
From them he can get some idea of the eff
forts made to give efficiency to the schools
there. For instance, there is an annual ses-
sion of the Bureau County Normal Insti-
tute, the one for this year to be held at
Princeton, the county seat, beginning next
Monday and continuing two weeks. There
is to be corps of five instructors, "prob-
ably not excelled in the state" beside lee
turers. To all who hold valid certificates
in the county, and to such as have paid q
registration fee and failed to pass examina-
ton, tuition is free. Then there is to be an
" educational exhibit" this year, at which
some one hundred seventy premiums, rang
ing from fifty cents to IS, will be awarded
for the best spelling, penmanship, map
drawing, etc, by scholars in the county.
Every teacher in the county is counseled to
be " a reader of at least one school journal
of recognized merit" as well as of good
books on the subject of teaching. The day
is past in which the same number of schol-
ars is to be found in the same area of Ver-
but it would seem that the older has much
to learn from the younger in the matter of
making her common schools all that they
ought to be. - Our eX-townswoman,
Mrs. Paine Bigelow now of Rochester, n
Y, visited friends in town last week. -
Mrs Greene Griswold, formerly of West
Randolph and now of st. Paul, Mimi, was
the guest of friends here last week, -
Mr.. and Mrs. Hannibal Wood of Wataga
ILL.,, are visiting his sister, Mrs Chester
Martin. - Mrs II. w. Seaver, daugh-
ter-in-law of ex-townsman Ryland Seaver,
was taken quite severely sick last week at
the house of her uncle, Rodney Seaver of
this place. - Mrs Levi Sargent (nee Miss
Martha Bacon) died of gastric fever in Wash
ington last week. The family moved from
here to Washington not very many months
ago. - The family of Charles Scott, in
the northeast corner of the town, has this year
picked nearly five hundred quarts of rasp-
berries, for which ready market was found
in Barre. - Messrs. George and Fred
Flint, on the east side of our town, have
had very tempting offer to move their
steam saw-mill to Orange the coming spring.
They are guaranteed at least million feet
of logs yearly for several years by respon-
sible parties, and other inducements be-
sides. These Flint Brothers put into their
shop here last spring lathe for turning
large rollers for granite quarry and other
purposes. They have just supplied one
hundred for moving an immense block of
granite to Barre village from the quarry.
Last year they sold more than fifty stone-
drags to quarrymen. They purpose to be
able to supply lot more of the latter before
their departure from here. - George w.
Smith, now of Philadelphia, is curling a
cemetery lot in our West Hill cemetery, in
which members of his fathers family are
buried. After several granite firms were
consulted, the contract for the curbing was
given to Messrs. Hopkins & Smith of South
Barre. Mr.. Hopkins is grandson of our
late townsman, Mr.. James Hopkins, and
we think can hardly fail to please any who
shall deal with him. - Mr.. and Mrs. A.
week the guests of their old friends,
Mr.. and Mrs. C.. C. Barnes of this
place. Mr.. Parsons is the evangelist so well
known here in Vermont and whose labors
have been so abundantlv prospered. There
is prospect that he may perhaps return to
this place the last of this month to labor
here two weeks. Due announcement will
be made if such an arrangement is COM
pleted. Ldter.-It has been decided to ask
Mr.. Parsons to labor here, and it is expected
he will begin on the last Sabbath of this
month, or possibly week later. -
Mrs. j. A. S. White and daughter are to be
with Mr. and Mrs Harvey l.. Cheney
through this month. - One of our farm
ers tells us of Willamstownian who has
made success in farming in the West.
While the latter was visiting here at one
time, some years ago, he said, jokingly, they
did not have to sell off their stock in the
West because they could not raise enough
to keep il. just now the joke is turned
upon him, for the drouth this season has
been so great in his section that farmers
would gladly sell off their stock if they
could, but they can hardly find purchasers.
We suspect some OF our farmers would
gladly share with their western brethren
the abundant rainfall that continues here,
making our August as fresh as June. -
Was ever the clematis, now in full bloom,
more beautiful and abundant hereabouts
than this season? We notice this climbing
plant is finding home about the porches OF
private dwellings. And what could be
more desirable for them? - At this
writing about the only hope left us of get
ting "A railroad very soon seems to be the
calling of another town meeting to vote
upon the question of extending the time for
aiding it with bonds Twice already the
subject has been acted upon in town meet
ing, and twice has the other needed outside
work been done to insure this aid-and all
to no purpose. What the result of third
effort will be is uncertain, but our citizens
will be likely to require of the Central
Vermont Railroad Company something very
definite and sure before they will again vote
to bond. And why shouldn't they? -
The recent welcome change of temperature
was so great as to excite some fear of frost
| Sunday night. On Monday at five A. NJ
| the mercury here was down to forty degrees
above zero. - Mr.. Charles G. Barnes is
ailing with erysipelas in the face. - Il
! it to be reckoned a sign of changed OF
| changing times? Not long since we were
| in the sick-room of an acquaintance, tn,